| 单词 | catholic church |
| 释义 | > as lemmascatholic church b. Designating the whole Christian Church or all Christians collectively; = universal adj. 4. Frequently in catholic church. [After post-classical Latin ecclesia catholica (3rd cent.), Hellenistic Greek ἡ καθολικὴ ἐκκλησία.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [adjective] universal?a1425 catholicala1530 Catholic Church1559 ecumenical1570 ecumenic1588 schismless1641 unsectarian1847 oecumenian1865 undenominational1871 multi-faith1951 society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] > collective holy churchc897 churcheOE brideOE ChristendomOE Christ's churchOE Christianitya1300 motherc1300 brotherheadc1384 Peter's bargea1393 Church of Christc1400 faithfulc1400 body of Christ?1495 congregation1526 husbandry1526 Peter's ship1571 mother church1574 St. Peter's ship1678 Peter's bark1857 Peter's boat1893 priest1897 c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 285 (MED) Ech trewe feithful particuler chirche ouȝte be clepid orthodoxe chirche, thouȝ not ech such particuler feithful ouȝte be clepid catholik chirche, that is to seie, universal or general chirche. 1560–1 Scotch Conf. Faith xvi Whiche Kirk is Catholik, that is universall, becaus it conteanes the Elect of all aiges, all realmes, nationis, and tounges, be thai of the Jewis or be thai of the Gentiles, who have communioun and societie with God the Father, and with his Sone Christ Jesus. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 187 The Catholick Church, that is, God's whole or universall Assembly. 1739 Old Whig II. xci. 344 What and where is that church to which Christ has left this power?..Is it to the catholic and universal church, or to any national or provincial church? 1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church xi. 110 As members of the church catholic. 1915 A. B. Roe Anna Owen Hoyers 64 All sectarianism and priestcraft will vanish away. The universal catholic church alone will remain. 2004 W. Kasper That they may All be One v. 81 The universal catholic Church is not identical with the Roman Catholic (Latin) Church. < as lemmas |
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